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Old 11-23-2004, 01:58 AM   #1
DR_K13
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Registered: Jun 2004
Distribution: Ubuntu/Gentoo/Suse
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Fluxbox not working with RH9


ok so i downloaded the rpm for redhat9, installed it. stopped x, started x.
now it shows in my sessions menu at boot up. I switch to it, but when the windows manager starts, flux box dosent run, the TWM starts. I read up on configuring fluxbox, if I was on flux I should be able to right click on the desktop to bring up the menu. I can only left mouse click and start a term.

here is how my XINITRC file looks
----------------------------------------------------------------

#!/bin/sh
# (c) 1999-2002 Red Hat, Inc.

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
userxkbmap=$HOME/.Xkbmap

sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
sysxkbmap=/etc/X11/Xkbmap

# merge in defaults
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi

# merge in keymaps
if [ -f "$sysxkbmap" ]; then
setxkbmap `cat "$sysxkbmap"`
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi

if [ -f "$userxkbmap" ]; then
setxkbmap `cat "$userxkbmap"`
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi

if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" -a ! -L /etc/X11/X ]; then
if grep '^exec.*/Xsun' /etc/X11/X > /dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f /etc/X11/XF86Config ]; then
xkbsymbols=`sed -n -e 's/^[ ]*XkbSymbols[ ]*"\(.*\)".*$/\1/p' /etc/X11/XF86Config`
if [ -n "$xkbsymbols" ]; then
setxkbmap -symbols "$xkbsymbols"
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi
fi
fi

# xkb and xmodmap don't play nice together
if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ]; then
if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$sysmodmap"
fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
fi

unset XKB_IN_USE

# run all system xinitrc shell scripts.
for i in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/* ; do
if [ -x "$i" ]; then
. "$i"
fi
done

# The user may have their own clients they want to run. If they don't,
# fall back to system defaults.
# set up ssh agent environment if available.

if [ -f $HOME/.Xclients ]; then
[ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent -a -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ] && \
exec ssh-agent $HOME/.Xclients || \
exec $HOME/.Xclients
elif [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients ]; then
[ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent -a -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ] && \
exec ssh-agent /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients || \
exec /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
else
# failsafe settings. Although we should never get here
# (we provide fallbacks in Xclients as well) it can't hurt.
xclock -geometry 100x100-5+5 &
xterm -geometry 80x50-50+150 &
if [ -x /usr/bin/netscape -a -f /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html ]; then
netscape /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html &
fi
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 ]; then
exec fvwm2
else
exec fluxbox
fi
fi
exec /usr/share/fluxbox

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
the binary file is at
Code:

/usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox

and the folder is at
Code:

/usr/share/fluxbox

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here are things That I did to the XINITRC file none worked. ( changes at the bottom)

/usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox at the bottom

(then)

if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 ]; then
exec fvwm2
else
exec fluxbox
fi
fi
exec /usr/share/fluxbox

(then replaced that with)

exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

there is no .xinitrc file in my home directory ( / ) i found some info on this and maybe I need to create one??? I dont know

any help out there? thanks!!

DR_K13
 
Old 11-24-2004, 05:00 AM   #2
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